An apparent personal dispute between two party-goers turned violent on Saturday night in San Fransisco’s storied Castro District, leaving one dead and two injured in a shooting that police are emphatically calling “not a hate crime.” 19-year-old Stephen Powell, a former high school basketball star, was shot four times in the chest by another, unnamed, 19-year-old man at the corner of Market and Castro streets, in the middle of the yearly “Pink Party” organized by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. After shots were fired, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, some in the crowd scattered and others started pelting the shooter with bottles before police calmed the situation and arrested the second 19-year-old. Powell was pronounced dead at a San Francisco hospital following the attack. Two bystanders were also hit by stray shots in the legs and both are expected to recover.

Elsewhere…

Virginia – Virginia’s conservative Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, says the 14th Amendment (“equal protection under the law”) does not apply to LGBT people. (The Advocate)

New York – When New York’s Catholic Archbishop banned a gay Catholic group from marching in the city’s Pride parade, he unwittingly got them a lot of positive media attention. (Joe.My.God)

D.C. – Senator Robert Byrd’s death means, for now, there will be one less Democratic vote in the Senate to help pass a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal or to help pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (The New York Times, The Washington Post)

Iceland – Iceland’s Prime Minister marries her partner as the country legalizes same-gender marriage. (On Top Magazine)

Russia – LGBT activists arrested at St Petersburg’s Pride festival. (The Box Turtle Bulletin)